Bhaskara's lemma

Bhaskara's Lemma is an identity used as a lemma during the chakravala method.

and non-zero integer

The proof follows from simple algebraic manipulations as follows: multiply both sides of the equation by

, factor, and divide by

are zero, the implication goes in both directions.

(The lemma holds for real or complex numbers as well as integers.)

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